Federation Cup 2012 Eilat, Israel
1-4 February 2012

Venue: Municipal Tennis Club

- Location: Eilat, Israel

- Surface: Outdoor hard

- Ball: Wilson US Open

- Start times: 10:00 hrs morning session and 16:00 hrs afternoon session

- Ticket prices: 50 NIS (morning) and 60 NIS (afternoon)

Format

- Round-robin: Fifteen nations in four pools (1-3 Feb).

- Promotion: The winners of Pool A and Pool C play each other and the winners of Pool B and Pool D play each other (4 Feb) to decide which two nations advance to the World Group II play-offs (21-22 Apr).

- Relegation: The nations finishing bottom of Pool A and Pool C play each other and the nations finishing bottom of Pool B and Pool D play each other (4 Feb) to decide which two nations are relegated to Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2013.

TEAM NOMINATIONS

Pool A

- Estonia: Kaia Kanepi, Eva Paalma, Margit Ruutel, Anett Kontaveit, Andrei Luzgin (captain)

- Austria: Tamira Pasek, Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Yvonne Meusburger, Sandra Klemenschits, Jurgen Waber (captain)

- Bulgaria: Tsvetana Pironkova, Dia Evtimova, Elitsa Kostova, Isabella Shinikova, Dora Rangelova (captain)

Pool B

- Sweden: Johanna Larsson, Sofia Arvidsson, Hilda Melander, Ellen Allgurin, Maria Strandlund Tomsvik (captain)

- Hungary: Timea Babos, Reka Luca Jani, Katalin Marosi, Vaszilisza Bulgakova, Levente Baratosi (captain)

- Greece: Eleni Daniilidou, Despoina Papamichail, Maria Sakkari, Stefanou Agni, George Kalovelonis (captain)

- Bosnia-Herzegovina: Jasmina Tinjic, Mervana Jugic Salkic, Jasmina Kajtazovic, Anita Husaric, Sanja Kovac (captain)

Pool C

- Netherlands: Arantxa Rus, Michaella Krajicek, Bibiane Schoofs, Kiki Bertens, Manon Bollegraf (captain)

- Great Britain: Elena Baltacha, Anne Keothavong, Heather Watson, Laura Robson, Judy Murray (captain)

- Israel: Shahar Peer, Julia Glushko, Keren Shlomo, Deniz Khazaniuk, Lior Mor (captain)

- Portugal: Michelle Larcher De Brito, Maria Joao Koehler, Barbara Luz, Margarida Moura, Pedro Codeiro (captain)

Pool D

- Poland: Agnieszka Radwanska, Urszula Radwanska, Magda Linette, Alicja Rosolska, Tomasz Wiktorowski (captain)

- Romania: Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu, Simona Halep, Alexandra Dulgheru, Catalina Cristea (captain)

- Croatia: Petra Martic, Mirjana Lucic, Ani Mijacika, Donna Vekic, Iva Majoli Maric (captain)

- Luxembourg: Mandy Minella, Anne Kremer, Claudine Schaul, Laura Correia, Frank Eicher (captain)

http://www.fedcup.com/en/results/group-i/europe-africa/2012.aspx